Knitting is one of the two main ways to make a fabric and after getting to know knitting a little bit closer, it was time to find out more about weaving technology, from the main definition to which types of woven fabrics we have, which machines can we use to make them and a lot more.
The differene between knitting and weaving is how the yarn actually goes into the system that produces the fabric. In knitting we have interlooping and here we have a process called interlacing. There are two systems of weaving - conventional weaving (shaft weaving) and jacquard weaving (without a shaft). So, a woven fabric is made by interlacing two sets of yarns at right angles by one of these two systems.
The differene between knitting and weaving is how the yarn actually goes into the system that produces the fabric. In knitting we have interlooping and here we have a process called interlacing. There are two systems of weaving - conventional weaving (shaft weaving) and jacquard weaving (without a shaft). So, a woven fabric is made by interlacing two sets of yarns at right angles by one of these two systems.
Plain weave means that warp and weft together create a checkered pattern and this kind of fabric is very strong because of a big amount of interlacing and it is cheap to produce it.
Twill weave is identified by diagonal lines it creates. It required at least 3 harnesses.
Satin is a very complex weave and it has a shiny surface which most of people recognize right away, and the inside surface is non-shiny.
After mentioning three main types of weave, we analysed three remaining swatches. We had three samples that had a "dtex" number which shows us how fine is a yarn used in that swatch. The larger the yarn number is, the finer the yarn is.
Creating a swatch book was very useful :
When we were done with analysing our small swatch book that we made, we watched few videos of how production of these types of weaves works and got a short intro for what we will see suring our Weaving lab day.